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Friday, March 13, 2015

(photo courtesy of www.nyxcosmetics.com)Ugh. One of the things that women really dislike about their faces is dark circles. Dark circles can be due to a few things. Allergies for one thing. Fatigue for another. Or heredity. There are solutions. Get more sleep, allergy meds or just face up to the fact that you have them because you were genetically blessed with them. I have very pale skin and somewhat light, thin skin under my eyes. Luckily the skin under the eyes was not blessed with very dark circles unless I am extremely tired.

If, however, you do have dark circles then you can cover them up with concealer. Not just any concealer mind you. It needs to be of a certain color to be effective. The concealer needs to be more orange so that it counteracts the blue in the dark circles. Blue is opposite orange on the color wheel, making them complementary colors. That means that they work well together to counter each other. NYX Cosmetics Dark Circle Concealer is a great solution to this problem. It is orange based. It also has a great consistency. The concealer glides on nicely, without being too thick or obvious. Coconut oil in the concealer provides intensive moisture and ensures that it does not cake. The hint of orange counteracts the blue in the dark circles, while natural skin-toned pigments work in unison to provide ultimate coverage.

The concealer comes in four shades: Fair, Light, Medium and Deep. The shade I tried is Fair. I feel that this is a good range of shades because the orange base will counteract the blue in dark circles and the skin tone shade in the concealer is likely a good match for most skin tones. I was honestly very surprised at how well the Fair shade worked for me.